UPI speed bump: Wider base shrinks growth rateIn terms of transaction value, March 2025 was at Rs 24.77 lakh crore, up 25.2% from Rs 19.78 lakh crore in the year ago. That's down from 4...
07 Apr, 2025, 07.48 AM IST
Bihar doubles down on investments as industrial growth surgesBihar is attracting significant investments from major companies like Adani Group and Coca-Cola. The state is leveraging its resources, imp...
15 Dec, 2024, 02.32 PM IST
The Budget blueprint for bringing Oxford and Cambridge to IndiaThe University Grants Commission (UGC) released regulations for foreign campuses, but there are concerns about the 10-year permit duration ...
31 Jan, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
Sikkim CM Tamang urges Centre to build modern corridor between Sikkim and Eastern NepalThe Chief Minister of Sikkim, Prem Singh Tamang, urged the Union Government to construct a Multi-modal Corridor between Sikkim and Eastern ...
29 May, 2023, 10.45 PM IST
How digital cash can lift gross national happinessBig gains are expected from the monetary authority making its IOUs available to the public directly, as electronic cash that can be spent o...
28 Sep, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
A flawed diplomacy: Vaccine Maitri has been well-intentioned but not well-plannedDiplomacy, vaccine or otherwise, is a seamless whole. There is an organic correlation between the internal dynamics of a country and the di...
22 May, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
View: Vaccination is the only real weapon to stop Covid-19. India must continue and intensify the driveFor the immediate present, India needs to continue and intensify the vaccination drive. This is the only real weapon the world has to stop ...
25 Apr, 2021, 10.53 PM IST
Times face-off: Should those fleeing repression in Myanmar be sent back?The refugee issue is a complex one as it involves serious security issues as well. Our Northeast already faces great economic challenges be...
09 Apr, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
The Covid-19 crisis has underlined the need for more budgetary allocation for healthcareCovid-19 showed the Indian healthcare system bursting at its seams at the height of the pandemic; patients turned away, doctors and nurses ...
11 Jan, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
Cutting off air: Is the government doing enough to resuscitate the aviation industry?The airline, operating at a capacity of 55% of pre-Covid level, says it will take a few more months to return to normalcy. IndiGo had to re...
22 Nov, 2020, 12.03 AM IST
Asia-Pacific's developing nations raise low govenment revenue: United NationsCorporate tax rates are often low because Asia-Pacific countries have reduced taxes competitiveness in order to attract foreign direct inve...
06 Oct, 2014, 05.51 PM IST
Narendra Modi government's 100 days: A solid build up of political capitalDespite some detractors’ efforts to brand this government the UPA-III, there is not the slightest chance of anyone confusing Narendra Modi ...
03 Sep, 2014, 11.38 AM IST
Inflation impact a bit exaggerated: Joseph StiglitzJoseph Stiglitz, Professor at Columbia University and a Nobel Prize winner favours rate cuts and stepped up public investment, in an interv...
18 Oct, 2012, 07.55 AM IST